So I've seen "Developer Evangelist" come up in some job postings and it feels like it's something relatively new to me. Is that accurate? What does your day to day look like?
Developer Evangelism (and developer relations which is a broader term) is a relatively new field - it started picking up about 10 years ago (give or take).
It tends to vary a lot from company to company - depending on the market, audience, etc... It usually boils down to helping out developers, sharing knowledge, and supporting developer communities.
There is not really a typical day to day (which I really enjoy!).
At Pusher I'm currently working on some community work, such as the DEV contest we're running, the state of Kotlin survey and the corresponding report, as well as working with influencers and content creators to get people building tutorials and video courses with Channels. I might also write some blogs or create some open source project.
I also advise the rest of our marketing team on how to best support developers, and about once or twice a month or so I give talks at conferences or meetups.
I can also go more specific on a particular topic if you're interested? :)
That's very cool! So, in terms of pay range, is it still comparable to being just a full time developer or is this far enough removed that the pay scale is different?
Hi Zan!
So I've seen "Developer Evangelist" come up in some job postings and it feels like it's something relatively new to me. Is that accurate? What does your day to day look like?
Hi Spiro,
Developer Evangelism (and developer relations which is a broader term) is a relatively new field - it started picking up about 10 years ago (give or take).
It tends to vary a lot from company to company - depending on the market, audience, etc... It usually boils down to helping out developers, sharing knowledge, and supporting developer communities.
There is not really a typical day to day (which I really enjoy!).
At Pusher I'm currently working on some community work, such as the DEV contest we're running, the state of Kotlin survey and the corresponding report, as well as working with influencers and content creators to get people building tutorials and video courses with Channels. I might also write some blogs or create some open source project.
I also advise the rest of our marketing team on how to best support developers, and about once or twice a month or so I give talks at conferences or meetups.
I can also go more specific on a particular topic if you're interested? :)
That's very cool! So, in terms of pay range, is it still comparable to being just a full time developer or is this far enough removed that the pay scale is different?
It generally is comparable - many if not most DevRel people I know went from being senior engineers (even engineering managers) in their fields.
You're still doing engineering work, just focusing your efforts on external communities, rather than working on product internally.